'Spring' me fait penser aux private parts de Robert Ashley avec "Blue" Gene Tyranny. Un tempo étiré, une succession de vagues sensuelles et profondes pour un voyage intérieur d'une sérénité parfaite. 'Footsteps' est grandiose, on se croirait déambuler au milieu d'un jardin pétrifié par le givre, éclats de lumières mouvants au travers des cristaux et des stalactites. Attente émerveillée et rêverie contemplative au cœur d'un paysage d'une stupéfiante beauté. Avec 'Spirit of St Louis', on a l'impression de voir un film muet de l'époque, la traversée de l'océan atlantique en 3:18. Le départ ressemble à du Terry Riley, on prend son envol, ivre de vitesse et de légèreté. Final presque métaphysique. 'An Empty Stage' est comme une méditation mélancolique, absence ? Regrets ? Un espace vide habité par des souvenirs qui se dérobent. 'Woman With Black Cravat' colle superbement bien avec le maniérisme d'un Modigliani, et à cette sorte de tristesse inexprimable et dépourvue de sens qui habite ses tableaux. Quand à 'Zona', quelqu'un qui cite Tarkovsky parmi ses influences, emporte d'emblée toute ma sympathie... ce titre traduit parfaitement l'étrangeté métaphysique du film. Territoires étranges et familiers, lieux interdits, interrogations sans réponses ... Les deux derniers titres sont légèrement teintés de clacissisme et n'en sont pas moins admirables. 'Mountain Heights', des a-pics vertigineux perdu dans un ciel brutalement obscurci. 'Rameau in Meditation', une poésie pleine de délicatesse et de charme, la mélancolie de l'éphémère ...

Una de las mejores obras que he escuchado en mi vida, con un estilo y tècnicas excelentes. Esta excelente pianista y compositora se pasea por diversas regiones musicales. La influencia impresionista es innegable aùn cuando las piezas pasan por diferentes pasajes de diversos estilos, No tengo una preferida pues todas han sido trabajadas con maestrìa para hacer un àlbum totalmente contemporàneo y de calidad mundial. Felicidades Lena!!!! Greetings from Mèxico. Jorgestrada.

Loved these piano paintings, minimalistic, yet covering the canvas with potent, colorful sound. Vision is enhanced and we are mesmerized by this poetry in liquid sound. The album begins with "Footsteps" - trepidus, slow and intense. "Spring" brings beautiful, mountain clouds in a deep blue and as we hear the birds sing and the rivulets flow and sparkle we know that life begins anew. The "Spirit of St Louis" denotes hope in its melody and vivacious tune. I loved "An Empty Stage" with its echoes and memories, its gouged wooden floor, and shadowy recesses. The pianist captured this picture in her composition very well. The beautiful melancholic "Woman with Black Cravat" may be my favorite. But all the paintings were exquisite.

...peut effleurer les touches du piano avec tant d'élégance, de raffinement, de grâce, de dextérité, de maîtrise...En un mot : du grand art ! Merci pour ces moments merveilleux hors du temps. Bravo !

breathtakingly fine... from the first till the last sound

Nice, gorgeously atmospheric Footsteps, there seems to be a mild sense of drama. Almost an element of suspense. This leads to the magnificence of Spring. An awesome piece of music. A gentle start, a few drops of glittering notes, tease the sound buds into blossoming. The whole production is very evocative of the season. Capturing the sense of delicate but firm spirituality. The latter stages full of billowing musical, profuse, growth. As I delve into Spirit of St.Louis, I feel the style change to suit the scene, and fall back gently into my own memories. A strong soundtrack feel to the intrepid adventure. The euphoria of skirting the edges of the unknown, evident. An Empty Stage, has for me, a slightly melancholic air. Perhaps because the import is assumed to mean that something is amiss, and that that is relevant to myself. What does an empty stage express to an audience? No show, or a creative abstraction of some potentially profound state of being. Nice track. I cannot profess to being a fan of Modigliani, though that's mostly through a lack of knowledge. This painting doesn't move me particularly, though I believe I can pick up something in its communication. The piece of music I find infinitely more interesting. Seeming to present itself, perhaps to the point of resignation. Maybe too subtle for me. Being presented with 'glimpses of an alternative reality', especially after traversing a 'forbidden zone', imputes that the ultimate vision is one that will be full of aspirations for the better. Something to be enjoyed or coveted even. Though with the forbiddance engrained in the zone, suggestive of some state 'out of reach'. Sometimes that's just the way things are. Mountain Heights opens up a whole new vista. I quite like Lermontov, though I don't know this poem off-hand. I am hazarding a guess at somewhere between Mephistopholes and Prometheus, perhaps. If not at least the glory of such naturally, awe-inspiring scenery would suffice. The track is very spacious, with a sense of the rarified atmosphere that being in such heights would entail. I like the introduction of organ sounds, part way through. Almost a testimony to all those explorers that lost their lives in the pursuit of what seems to focus around, 'getting a thrill'. Finally, Rameau in Meditation. A fine subject to dwell upon. There is something immensely appealing in some instruments more than others, organ/piano/harpsichord particularly so. Though having said that there is only a few that I try to avoid. There needs to be more than just an instrument, and just a player even. Here I feel there is that excellence in symbiosis that turns simple music, into a wonderful listening experience.

Милый автор и исполнитель в очередной раз подтвердил свой класс и способность волновать своими произведениями души людей. Истинное мастерство не имеет границ у музыкантов, живущих мыслями о искусстве, о судьбах людей, о мире чувств и переживаний. Большая благодарность автору за его вклад в историю музыки в Финляндии. Видно на родине Яна Сибелиуса только так можно писать музыку, исполнять ее и волновать этими волшебными звуками души людей!

Very interesting artist:)Good album!

Sanfte Töne, die einem verzaubern und die Gedanken in weite Ferne schweifen lassen. Man wird von den Klängen unweigerlich in Bann gezogen - und vergisst die Zeit.

Pianino pod palcami Leny opowiada piękniej niż niejeden poeta. Czy to w utworach tworzonych z Docem, czy solowo, zawsze przenosi w odmienne światy, w sny i marzenia. Utwory często mroczne, o ciemnej barwie mają magię dziecinnych wyobrażeń, moc romantyków. Delikatne ambientowe wstawki jedynie potęgują ogromny efekt. Z płyt fortepianowych, które słuchałem na Jamendo, ta zdecydowanie jest najlepsza. --- Piano under finger of Lena is telling stories of mystery and childchood. It's best piano album on Jamendo.